<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games --> <!--X-From-R13: [V <zvpunryNfcnegn.znvafgernz.arg> --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:47:18 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 3593ECCD.10BCDEA8#sparta,mainstream.net --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 19980624071311.33887#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.LNX.3.96.980624212850.5085A-100000#shamen,cyberhighway.net --> <!--X-Reference: 19980625064255.24706#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:michael#sparta,mainstream.net"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg01226.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01228.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg01202.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01232.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01227">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01227">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01227">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: MH <<A HREF="mailto:michael#sparta,mainstream.net">michael#sparta,mainstream.net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 14:47:41 -0400</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> Just keep the player/object on the original server until the new server verifies that it has taken possession of the player/object. Something along the lines of: The international highway: You see a signpost here, marking where Bubbaland leaves off and Boffoworld begins. > walk east (to Boffoland) <remote server SEGV's> <local server fails to recieve confirmation of remote server's acceptance of player> <local server puts player back where he/she was, takes necessary visual steps> Suddenly, a great chasm appears between you and Boffoland. You won't be going *there* for a while... > curse You swear angrily. Jo Dillon wrote: > > Doesn't work too well if you're walking along a road between two countries ;) > Weird forces are no problem if you're teleporting but being blasted into > your constituent atoms just because you're walking over a bridge or > through a valley might not go down to well. It would make dealing with > consistency issues a bit easier though...I might use something along those > lines if someone's teleporting from one node to another. > > Ben Greear (greear#cyberhighway,net) spake thusly: > > > > On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Jo Dillon wrote: > > > > > I haven't decided what to do if a server fails halfway through a transfer > > > yet; I'll probably have some system for recursive transfers which I'll > > > > I'd go for a different kind of atomic: "A strange force of neither man > > nor beast has disturbed the ether.. Your very atoms spread across the > > cosmos into infinity.." > > [click] > > > > > > Travel is dangerous! > > > > > > Ben Greear (greear#cyberhighway,net) <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear">http://www.primenet.com/~greear</A> > > Author of ScryMUD: mud.primenet.com 4444 > > <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html">http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html</A> > > > > > > > > -- > > MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. > > -- > MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. -- Michael Hohensee michael#mainstream,net <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/9025/">http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/9025/</A> Finger me for my PGP Public Key, or use: <A HREF="http://sparta.mainstream.net/michael/pgpkey.txt">http://sparta.mainstream.net/michael/pgpkey.txt</A> </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="01264" HREF="msg01264.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Vadim Tkachenko <vt#freehold,crocodile.org></li></ul> <li><strong><A NAME="01232" HREF="msg01232.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Jo Dillon <emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="01189" HREF="msg01189.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Jo Dillon <emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="01198" HREF="msg01198.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Ben Greear <greear#cyberhighway,net></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="01202" HREF="msg01202.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Jo Dillon <emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> 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href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 23 Jun 1998, 23:49 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01189" HREF="msg01189.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></strong>, Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Wed 24 Jun 1998, 07:13 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01198" HREF="msg01198.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Thu 25 Jun 1998, 04:34 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01202" HREF="msg01202.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</A></strong>, Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Thu 25 Jun 1998, 06:43 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01227" HREF="msg01227.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</A></strong>, MH <a href="mailto:michael#sparta,mainstream.net">michael#sparta,mainstream.net</a>, Fri 26 Jun 1998, 22:47 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01232" HREF="msg01232.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</A></strong>, Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Sat 27 Jun 1998, 11:19 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01233" HREF="msg01233.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</A></strong>, MH <a href="mailto:michael#sparta,mainstream.net">michael#sparta,mainstream.net</a>, Sat 27 Jun 1998, 13:15 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01244" HREF="msg01244.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 29 Jun 1998, 17:34 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01264" HREF="msg01264.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Tue 30 Jun 1998, 04:47 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other 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